Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-22
PERSONAL.

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL will be in Londor
again about Easter.
PAUL BoYToN, who is somewhere in Texas
| is announced to swim in Blind Bayou.
SIR JOHN A. MCDONALD, of Canada, de.
| clares with a straight face that American
| money is being used to prevent his return to
power.
STEPHEN D. FIELD. bright and ingenious
nephew OF Justice Field, has an electric mo-
tor which he guarantees to cost only $40, 600 a
! mile per year.
HRNRY CLAY, L. Webster and Charles
Benton were the names of the three leading
candidates for Receiver of Taxes at the late
election in Philadelphia.
BERNARD KELLY, member of Parliament
for South Donegal is the first follower of Mr..
Parnell who has died since the Irish leader
began his active policy in 1877.
TUPPER, the English poet, is suffering from
nervous prostration so that he can neither
read. write nor speak intellIgently, although
his mind is clear. He is rs years old and
poor.
RICHARD A. PROCTOR denies that Lord
Bacon was the originator OF the Undue i've
method of phllosOpny. Between Ignatius
Donnelly and Prof. Proctor poor Bacon seems
to be in very unsettled state.
MISS CALHOUN, the amateur actress, who
is to marry a son of Senator Hearst. in ru =
mored defiance of the latter's Will. was pas
senger on the steamer Wisconsin, which went
aground of Fire Island last week.
MRS. MARY MAGELLAN, the Celtic poet.
recently declared that Count Moltke was a
descendant OF the McCleans of Lochaber. but
the great General says IL is not SO. He Is a
Mecklenburger, by dozen generations of de-
scent.
Miss TILLIE MAY FoRNEY, the youngest
daughter OF the late Col. John w. Forney, is
now o regular member of the staff Of Phila-
delphia society journal known as Leisure
Hours. She is a bright and trenchant writer,
JOHN ALBERTsoN, who recently died in
Merton. n. -, at the age of Jos years, was one
OF the oldest living British soldiers and prob
ably the only survivor OF the battle Of the
Nile, which was fought ninety years ago. He
also fought at trafalgar and Waterloo.
MAJ. JOHN D. KELLEY, OF Richmond. Va.
who organized the first Catholic pilgrimaye
from this country to Rome, has been Invested
by Archbishop Gibbons with the decoration
of the Grand Cross OF Commandant of the
Order of st. Gregory the Great. at the special
instance of Pope Leo.
Mr.. MATHEWS. the Chicago tailor who ia
trying to introduce knee brooches for evening
dress in the Venice OF the West, has another
Roscoe COnkling which the latter wore when
he nominated Grant for a third term in the
famous Appomattox speech.
DIGBY BELL, the comedian, dragged a little
news girl from before the wheels of a big
wagon in Philadelphia the other day. The
horses had knocked her down, and 1t was at
the peril OF his own life that he saved the
child. Mr.. Bells only comment was tn at he d
like to thrash the driver of the wagon.
AT Washington reception the other day,
after Miss Duke. who is sister OF the Con :
federate General, John Morgan had DIaved
the violin. Miss Scott was asked TO recite, and
chose poem describing Morgan's raid in
ONO, not knowing that the raiders niece was
listening to the not very complimentary verses
about her uncle.
T.
Mail, eX-Postmaster General Hatton's paper
ls about 10 oh 1nge hands. the purchaser bein Y
Walker Blame, son of his father. Editor Hat
ton has said that there was no foundation for
the rumor, except that negotiations were on
foot Tor the purchase OF the journal, but moth
ing definite had been reached.